Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel admits she blocked #Ukraine from #NATO because she worried about a Russian response.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/21/7485606/

After Russia invades Ukraine anyway, Merkel changed her tune to a #Kissenger-like, "I did nothing wrong."

Her words, ""Volodymyr Zelensky, for example, urged former French President Nicolas Sárközy and me to visit Bucha after the horrific massacre, obviously implying that our position in Bucharest was responsible for the deaths in Bucha,"
(https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/22/7485870/)

Because they were, idiot.

Merkel in her memoirs justifies slowing down Ukraine's path to NATO

In her memoirs, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel explains her actions to slow down Ukraine’s movement on the path to join NATO.

Ukrainska Pravda